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Ryan Zimmerman showed up early to Nationals spring training ready to get started for the 2015 season. This is, of course, not a normal camp for Zimmerman, who now transitions across the diamond to first base. This spring will give him his first extensive stretch getting experience at his new position. Manager Matt Williams gave…

If you’re making a trip to Viera this spring, chances are you’re going for one primary reason: baseball. That’s certainly a worthy reason to travel 900 miles to Viera. Come to think of it, there really aren’t many other worthy reasons to travel to Viera. But there actually will be more to your trip than…

Football season’s over. Valentine’s Day is fast approaching. And that can mean only one thing: Spring training is right around the corner. Yes, Nationals pitchers and catchers are scheduled to report to Viera two weeks from today, news that is sure to bring a smile to your face (unless it’s been frozen in place from…

Exactly four months before their exhibition games kick off in Viera, Fl., the Washington Nationals announced their 2015 spring training schedule on Wednesday afternoon. They will begin with the New York Mets on March 5 at Space Coast Stadium. That begins a stretch of 21 games in 19 days. The Nats will host the Cardinals,…

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Space Coast Stadium is secure and all Nationals employees are safe after a situation involving a gunman at the Viera courthouse just down the street from the club’s spring training home. The incident was reported around 10 a.m. when a man with a gun was seen outside the Moore Justice…

Once our camera man arrives this weekend in Viera, Fla., we should have tons of video content to share with you from Nats spring training. A CSN producer told me to expect one-on-one sitdowns with nearly every player on the Nationals’ roster, as well as Matt Williams and Mike Rizzo. We’ll also have updates from…

So you’ve decided to go to spring training. You already know how to watch Bryce Harper take live BP off Stephen Strasburg, but you don’t know how to get to Viera. Or where to stay once you’re there. Or where to eat. Or what to do when you’re not at Space Coast Stadium. Good news:…

As you can tell by the countdown clock to your right, we are now down to the final stretch of a long offseason. Nationals pitchers and catchers (not to mention yours truly) report to Viera in one week as baseball season officially begins. And, from what I gather, a good number of you plan to…